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COLOMBIAN peasants will begin an indefinite strike on Monday to demand the government implement last year’s landmark peace deal.
The strike was announced on Thursday by the Patriotic March umbrella group of civic organisations and a raft of farmers, indigenous and Afro-Colombian community groups.
The include the National Co-ordinator of Coca, Opium Poppy and Marijuana Growers (Coccam) union.
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM